The World of Aviation

Aviation enthusiasts young and old can indulge in all things flying thanks to a documentary series that charts the 100-year history of Boeing. Produced to commemorate Boeing’s 100th anniversary in 2016, the five-part series titled “The Age of Aerospace” premiered in Australia on subscription television’s Discovery Science channel in March/April. All five episodes can now

China Eastern has decided to begin year-round flights between Brisbane and its Shanghai hub as a daily service from December. Originally, the Qantas partner and Skyteam alliance member had planned to serve Brisbane three times a week with Airbus A330 aircraft from November. However, Brisbane Airport said on Thursday the year-round service will now be

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce says Australia’s domestic carriers have shown “discipline” in response to a sluggish economy amid pre-election worries and ongoing weakness in the resources sector. Over the past month, both Qantas and its domestic rival Virgin Australia have put the brakes on domestic growth in an effort to deal with the weaker-than-expected

Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker says Perth is the likely next Australian destination to receive the Airbus A350-900. Although Al Baker declined to say when Qatar’s Perth-Doha service – currently served with Boeing 777-300ERs – would switch to the A350, he noted late deliveries of the new Airbus widebody had pushed back some route changes in the

The call on the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to support an Air Task Group deployment to the Middle East over the financial years 2015-16 to 2016-17 is having a major impact on forecast flying hours set by Defence for normal operations, the Defence Portfolio Budget Statements (PBS) for 2016-17 show. While C-17 Globemaster transports in

Cobham Aviation Services says it brought in extra checks in response to a 2014 engine fire on one of its Avro RJ100s. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has handed down its report on the incident, which took place on April 29 2014 when the No.2 engine on VH-NJI sustained a mechanical failure shortly after